Rewind: “New Census Population Information” November 15, 2021 NEW WARREN COUNTY POPULATION FIGURES Figures that were gathered during the 2020 census have started to be released. This map, created by our friends at Warren County GIS, presents population changes in each of the towns and the City of Glens Falls from the 2010 census…
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Rewind: November 1, 2021 – “Problems at Big Boom”
Rewind: November 1, 2021 – “Problems at Big Boom” Problems at Big Boom Some Big Boom history: “As early as the 1850s the little spar booms envisioned by Abraham Wing III were quite inadequate to hold the floating logs until needed by the mills. Every time there was a freshet,…
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Rewind: October 15, 2021 – “The Many Wives (and Families) of John Miner”
Rewind: October 15, 2021 The Many Wives (and Families) of John Miner by Dave Waite In his research, our friend and regular contributor found an interesting story to share with our readers. If John Miner were alive today, he would likely be on afternoon television being confronted by Dr. Phil over his seemingly…
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Rewind: September 1, 2021 – “Beautiful Horicon: Thoughts from a visit to Bolton Landing”
Rewind: September 1, 2021 Beautiful Horican: Thoughts from a visit to Bolton Landing by Dave Waite This account of a visit to Lake George began with lines by poet Richard Hovey: Again among the hills! The shaggy hills! The clear arousing air comes like a call Of bugle notes across the pines, and thrills My…
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Rewind: August 15, 2021 – “Horses, Water Power and Philanthropy”
Rewind: August 15, 2021 – “Horses, Water Power, and Philanthropy” Above is an architect’s depiction of what the once empty field at the corner of Bay Road and Blind Rock Road will look like in the not too distant future. The plan now includes 142 apartments and commercial space that are part of…
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Rewind: August 1, 2021 – “Visiting Lake George by Pedal & Paddle”
Visiting Lake George by Pedal & Paddle by Dave Waite By the 1890s visitors by the thousands traveled each season into the Lake George region to experience its beauty and relax along its shores. Most came by rail on the Rensselaer & Saratoga Railway that came into Caldwell (now Lake George…
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Rewind: July 15, 2021 – “Thrilling Attractions & Weird Wonders”
Thrilling Attractions & Weird Wonders Adam Forepaugh’s All-Feature & Wild West Show Enthralls Glens Falls in 1890 By Dave Waite Ask someone the name of a three-ring circus and their response would likely be Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey, or a combination of the two. Ringling Brothers World’s Greatest Shows was established…
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Rewind: “The Cabinet – An 1829 Look at Lake George” – July 1, 2021
Rewind: “The Cabinet – An 1829 Look at Lake George” – July 1, 2021 We recently came across a single page from what appears to be a magazine called THE CABINET of Instruction, Literature, and Amusement. The page is labeled Volume 2, number 5. What caught our eye was the ’cover story’ about Lake George. …
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Rewind: June 15, 2021 – “The Gilmores of Pine View”
Rewind: June 17, 2021 THE GILMORES OF PINE VIEW by Eloise O’Neil In the sweltering heat of July 1864, James R. Gilmore, a businessman and confidant to Abraham Lincoln, traveled to Richmond, Virginia, to meet with President Jefferson Davis and present a set of accords, by which the North would…
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Rewind: June 3, 2021 – “Uncle Judd Smith, Brant Lake Guide”
Uncle Judd Smith, Brant Lake’s Old Time Guide by David Waite One hundred years ago anyone fishing Brant Lake would undoubtedly know the name, Uncle Judd Smith. If they were fortunate, he would have been their guide for a day out on the lake fishing for bass. His knowledge…
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